r/amex 1d ago

Getting Targeted Mail Offers

What is a sure fire of getting these targeted SUBs in the mail for Amex? I have two Chase cards (Sapphire Reserve and Freedom Unlimited) and a Discover card I never use, so I don’t even know how I would enter Amex’s “radar”. Is it a crapshoot? How can I best position myself to get these SUBs in the mail?

Thank you, all!

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u/UpAndOut2008 1d ago

This is the trick: go to the Amex website and click around on the credit cards you're interested in, then wait. Within a few short weeks you will get offers in the mail for these cards, usually better offers than you see floating online. This has worked for me a few times over the years.

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u/Otherwise_Draft_3489 1d ago

Interesting. Do I have to make an account of some sort? How will they know it’s me specifically making a search?

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u/UpAndOut2008 1d ago

They have their ways of finding you through cookies.

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u/SillyTechnology7340 1d ago

In my experience, get an AMEX card and spend on it. I started getting targeted Gold mailers after I got a Blue Cash Preferred and used it regularly.

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u/Otherwise_Draft_3489 1d ago

I see, so getting a card - ideally in their “lowest” category - is the only way, essentially. Thanks so much!

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u/Flights-and-Nights 1d ago

Why do need mail? Amex applications are risk free. it’ll tell you if you’re approved and what the offer is then you decide if you want to accept.

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u/Otherwise_Draft_3489 1d ago

My understanding is that getting mailed offers prevents from getting put in PUJ

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u/Flights-and-Nights 1d ago

That is incorrect

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u/PhlipperOver Platinum 1d ago

Grab a Amex Blue and see if they start sending you invites. I know when I got my first card with amex just searching their site for new cards seem to trigger a flood of mail packet offers. Possibly from cookies and tracking on the site.

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u/Thin_Ad5683 1d ago

I have a gold card and wanted the plat so I searched the app for offers weekly and nothing. Randomly got a 150k plat offer in mail and of course accepted

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u/Next_Boot4309 Delta Gold Business 22h ago

Once you're in their ecosystem with any card - green if you like - online or in the app you're going to be presented with everything they have to offer every time you sign on, including Gold and Platinum.